Girls basketball

No Lily, no worries. The top-ranked ‘Iolani Raiders faced another bout of adversity, and again, they remain undefeated. With starting guard Lily Lefotu Wahinekapu sidelined by an ankle injury suffered at practice, younger sister Jovi stepped up with 12 points to spark the Raiders in a 62-39 road win over No. 2 Maryknoll on Wednesday night. Senior Taylor Wu finished with 14 points and sophomore Kyra Tanabe tallied 13 as the speedy Raiders are the first team to get to […]

At Punahou, the student body knows all about big tests. The Buffanblu passed with flying colors — and a checkered flag — on Tuesday night with a 71-49 win over No. 10 Sacred Hearts at Hemmeter Fieldhouse. In their Interscholastic League of Honolulu regular-season opener, No. 9-ranked Punahou (5-0, 1-0 league) platooned five in and five out, pushing the ball up court at every opportunity. Sacred Hearts (9-4, 0-2 ILH) shot 34 percent from the field (15-for-44), struggling often in […]

Spurred by a 3-0 run through the Sacred Hearts Academy Invitational, the ‘Iolani Raiders retained their hold of No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top Ten today. The Raiders had just three of 10 first-place votes last week, but collected nine of those ducats this time. ‘Iolani is 9-0 already and posted a win over Sacred Hearts in its Interscholastic League of Honolulu opener last Monday. Maryknoll (10-0) replaced Konawaena at No. 2. The team with no seniors had […]

Six games in three days, no problem for the Waiakea Warriors. Though other neighbor island teams like Lahainaluna had done this on a regular basis, No. 7-ranked Waiakea adopted this scripted bit of madness for the first time this week. By game six, in the title matchup with Sacred Hearts at the SHA Invitational, the Warriors played some of their best basketball in the second half. Waiakea pulled away from No. 10 Sacred Hearts for a 64-51 win. “I’m not […]

‘Iolani senior Taylor Wu was selected the most outstanding player of the Sacred Hearts Academy Invitational. Wu averaged 18 points in the three-game format, including 24 points and five steals as No. 1-ranked ‘Iolani outlasted No. 7 Waiakea 66-55 on Friday. Joining Wu on the all-tourney team was teammate Lily Lefotu Wahinekapu, Dallas Martinez of Sacred Hearts, Kaelyn Espinda of Kaimuki, and Waiakea’s Zaelynn Lui-Cabinatan and Kelsey Imai. The Raiders went 3-0 in the tournanment with wins over Campbell (70-11), […]